Avtodor Saratov (VTB) signed 27-year old American forward Ian Hummer (201-102kg-90, college: Princeton). He played last season at TED Kolejliler in Turkish BSL league. In 21 games he had very impressive stats: 15.1ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.4apg and 1.8spg. The previous (15-16) season Hummer played at BG Goettingen in German BBL where in 16 games he recorded 14.3ppg, 6.1rpg, 2.2apg and 1.1spg. He has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2013. The list of the past ach... [read more]

Avtodor Saratov (VTB) signed 27-year old American forward Ian Hummer (201-102kg-90, college: Princeton). He played last season at TED Kolejliler in Turkish BSL league. In 21 games he had very impressive stats: 15.1ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.4apg and 1.8spg. The previous (15-16) season Hummer played at BG Goettingen in German BBL where in 16 games he recorded 14.3ppg, 6.1rpg, 2.2apg and 1.1spg.He has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2013.The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Hummer won Ivy League championship title in 2011. He was also voted Eurobasket.com All-VTB League Honorable Mention in 2015.Hummer has played previously professionally in Finland (Loimaan Korikonkarit) and Germany (ratiopharm Ulm).He attended Princeton University until 2013 and it will be his fifth season as a professional player.

Lokomotiv Kuban (VTB) re-signed 33-year old American guard Mardy Collins (198-100kg-84, college: Temple). He played there last season. In 17 Eurocup games he averaged 10.8ppg, 5.5rpg, 3.6apg and 1.1spg. Collins helped them to make it to the semifinals. He also played 25 games in VTB United League where he had 12.2ppg, 4.8rpg, 3.6apg and 1.0spg. The previous (15-16) season Collins played at Strasbourg IG in French ProA. The team played in three different competitions (!!!) that year, and h... [read more]

Lokomotiv Kuban (VTB) re-signed 33-year old American guard Mardy Collins (198-100kg-84, college: Temple). He played there last season. In 17 Eurocup games he averaged 10.8ppg, 5.5rpg, 3.6apg and 1.1spg. Collins helped them to make it to the semifinals. He also played 25 games in VTB United League where he had 12.2ppg, 4.8rpg, 3.6apg and 1.0spg. The previous (15-16) season Collins played at Strasbourg IG in French ProA. The team played in three different competitions (!!!) that year, and he had a chance to explore basketball on different levels. In 41 ProA games he recorded 8.9ppg, 4.7rpg and 4.0apg. Collins contributed to his team making it to the final after they ended regular season as second best team. It was a very successful season in his career as he was selected to Eurobasket.com French ProA All-Imports Team and 2nd Team. Collins also played 10 games in Euroleague where he got 7.6ppg, 2.1rpg and 2.5apg. He also played 14 games in Eurocup where he got 13.0ppg, 4.6rpg, 4.4apg and 1.1spg.In 2006 Collins was drafted by New York Knicks (NBA) in first round (29th overall). The former Temple University standoutis in his twelfth (!!!) season in pro basketball. Collins won D-League West Conference championship title in 2012.He is a very experienced player. Collins has quite traveled the world as his pro career brought him to eight different countries on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America and of course North America). Collins has played previously professionally in China (Jiangsu Dragons), Greece (Olympiacos), Israel (Maccabi Ashdod), Italy (Sutor Montegranaro), Poland (PGE Turow), Turkey (Bornova), Venezuela (Guaros) and NBA G League (Los Angeles D-Fenders and Iowa Energy).His game is described as:
(by Mardy Collins for NBADraft.net in 2006)
Very smooth offensive abilities ... Plays a controlled game, doesn't try to be too flashy or make spectacular plays, keeps it simple and effective ... Excellent vision and passing ... Shooting mechanics and fundamentals are very good ... Good ball handler ... Long arms help out with closing passing lanes and getting to the rim ...
Lacks a very athletic body, especially on appearance ... Not a very physical player, should use his size advantage better offensively ...

TEMP-SUMZ-UGMK Revda (Superleague 1) agreed terms with 25-year old power forward Alexander Tikhonin (205-90kg-92) from MBA Moscow. In 19 Superleague 1 games he had 5.9ppg and 3.1rpg last season. The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Tikhonin's team won Russian Higher League Group B Regular Season in 2014. He was also voted Eurobasket.com All-Russian Higher League 1st Team back in 2014. Tikhonin represented Russia at the European Championships U20 in Slovenia five... [read more]

TEMP-SUMZ-UGMK Revda (Superleague 1) agreed terms with 25-year old power forward Alexander Tikhonin (205-90kg-92) from MBA Moscow. In 19 Superleague 1 games he had 5.9ppg and 3.1rpg last season.The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Tikhonin's team won Russian Higher League Group B Regular Season in 2014. He was also voted Eurobasket.com All-Russian Higher League 1st Team back in 2014.Tikhonin represented Russia at the European Championships U20 in Slovenia five years ago. His stats at that event were 6 games: 3.3ppg.Tikhonin has played previously for four other teams: CSKA Moscow, Spartak Vidnoye, CSKA Moscow 2nd team and Runa Basket.

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